Silk Road

China is a very large country in eastern Asia that has seen its fair share of ups and downs throughout history. Today, China is the most populated country in the world with 1.3 billion people living within its borders. China went through many dynasties as it grew and evolved, each adding to the rich and diverse culture of the Chinese. Some of these dynasties lasted hundreds of years, whereas some were brief in their control. The Yuan dynasty came to be in 1279 and lasted until 1368. The Yuan…

Hydroponic culture has been around for centuries. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon and the Floating Gardens of China are two of the earliest hydroponics systems. Another example is the floating gardens of the Aztecs. When the Europeans came to the Americas, they were shocked to see trees floating in the middle of a lake. The Aztecs had found a way to create floating beds that could support the trees and suspend the roots in the water. The famous Hanging Gardens of Babylon are thought to have used…

The Chinese requested capital instead of the regular items traded on the once popular Silk Route. The Europeans did not hesitate to trade with the new form of capital that they had found. The scale of the new global trade is outlined by Doc 2. The document demonstrates how Spain spent all they could’ve. Not only were Chinese goods bought…

Buddhism: (1 - 1750) Buddhism originated in N. India, and is traced back to Siddhartha Guatama’s search for an antidote to end suffering in the 5th century BCE. Early Buddhism was spread slowly along the trade routes by Buddhist merchants and monks. In the 3rd century CE, Ashoka, a ruler of the Mauryan Empire, converted to Buddhism. He did not forcefully convert his people, but he sent missionaries to East Asia and left edicts throughout the empire. Buddhism eventually made it’s way into places…

Southeast Asia was a vibrant region even before the arrival of Western influences. Its inhabitants had a healthy existence based mostly on trade relations with other established civilizations such as China, India, and other merchants that travel the straits. Even after the arrival of the Western states, influences were centered more on maintaining the exchange of resources from Southeast Asian countries to their mother states. Meanwhile, the race for territorial expansion by the West was a…

The Junk Ship is an Ancient Chinese sailing ship which was used throughout Asia for extensive sea voyage. This ship originated in the 2nd century and was used extensively for South East Asian trade between the 17th and 19th century. The highlighted region spans from the South Eastern parts of China, down to Indonesia and out to Japan. Junk Ships were very important for the transfer of goods and wealth throughout this region, as well as religions and cultures. The Junk Ship had a major influence…

ssie Sisavat Professor Duarte Hist 51 October 12 2015 Vermeer’s Hat The book informs us that the Vermeer’s pictures capture how the world was based on global trade. It depicts how the Dutch trading company was a major part of the trade. The picture that Vermeer display shows for instance a European explorers receive from the Indigenous people and ships sailing to China to build a strong trading connection between the European and Asian empire. The world that Vermeer’s was living in was an…

The Indian Ocean trade was system that allowed the countries in the Indian Ocean to participate in a symbiotic relationship. The trade of many extravagant goods encouraged the surrounding countries to develop relationships between each other which lead to sharing discoveries and goods. Then, when the Portuguese arrived in the Indian Ocean there was an introduction of a power arrangement. Ultimately, the Portuguese disrupted a harmonious system of advancements and ruined the dynamics of the…

From 1450 to 1750, the Indian Ocean trade network had many changes and continuities. One continuity is that the Indian Ocean trade network remained spreading goods from one place to another. However, the methods that were used to trade these goods along the trade route had a significant change. The analysis of the changes and continuities over the time period 1450 to 1750 can explain how the trade was affected politically, economically, and culturally. The Indian Ocean trade network had changes…

The nomadic people have been knowing for people who settle in many different places. The nomadic people and incursions had big effects in many regions during the time period 8000 - 600 BCE. Nomadic incursions mean a sudden invasion by nomadic people.The steppe nomads were the group who invaded China, and the Hyksos were the group who invaded Egypt. Egypt and China both used tools provided from the nomadic people, and had the same response to the nomadic incursions, but, how the empire's…